Hacker or makerspaces are the latest in a long tradition of community spaces that offer opportunities for informal learning. On a dark winter’s night in Melbourne’s Hawthorn, a lime green perspex door trimmed with […]
A whole-of-community adult literacy campaign based on a revolutionary Cuban education method is having life-changing results in Indigenous communities in outback NSW. The first pilot of the Cuban-designed mass literacy […]
Recent elections have brought some fresh faces to the ALA Board. Here’s a chance to learn a little more about some of our newer Board members. Chris McCall (Vic) I […]
Professor Alan Tuckett OBE, acknowledged guru of adult education, shares his views on intergenerational and lifelong learning. In the northern UK city of Sunderland there’s a learning centre underneath the stands at the Sunderland Football Club. […]
Pairing tech savvy schoolkids with older people struggling with new technology has proved a perfect match in the Victorian town of Traralgon. The idea of a service to help older peoplein the […]
It’s truer than ever that a picture is worth a thousand words. And with cameras in our phones there’s no excuse. Here’s some tips for getting some great shots. 1. […]
A new program encouraging women to take up tutoring in adult and community education is taking off in Western Australia. When Ruth O’Dwyer saw the ad on Facebook for the ACE […]
The SA Government has allocated $1.142 million dollars to Community Centres South Australia to fund a one-on-one program to help people who have previously found it difficult to study or […]
For those with a criminal record or trying to adjust to life after prison, poor literacy is a burden that can make rehabilitation that much harder. A Tasmanian adult literacy […]
Glenorchy City Council in Tasmania has launched a LEARN (Learning, Engaging, Achieving, Respect and Networking) Strategy to provide the community with opportunities to continue learning for life. The LEARN Strategy aims to address low participation […]
Sometimes it takes Ryan Buckley a flight in a light plane and a four hour drive across unmade roads to get to work. Ryan and colleague Tina Gill are training […]
Presenter: Rosemary Sharman When: Wed 29 April @ 1pm AEST. This webinar will take you through the steps for managing projects and the basics of planning, monitoring and controlling them, […]
Our recent research into our members’ social media use shows you don’t have to be a big organisation to have an effective and influential social media presence. Here are […]
A move to Finland where she learned Finnish sign language helped Ida Rogers – head teacher at Deaf Society NSW – become a better teacher. Auslan is Ida Rogers’ first language so she decided […]
The ALA Annual Report was presented to the Annual General meeting held on Friday 20th March 2015. Members are invited to view the Annual Report by following this link. (You […]
